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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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